Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology Announces New President
MAPLE GROVE, MN—Carl Zeiss announces the appointment of Michael Kirchner as the new president for the Industrial Metrology group in North America, effective January 1, 2013. Kirchner succeeds Greg Lee, who retired after more than 30 years. Prior to this role, Kirchner had successfully established a manufacturing operation for Carl Zeiss Shanghai Co. Ltd. where he was general manager for more than eight years.In 2012, he helped implement manufacturing in India.